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Hugo808: Does pushing a rock over actually qualify as vandalism? If it was a rock that you didn't like to photograph nobody would care so it isn't the fact that a rock has been damaged but that your photo opportunities have been spoiled.

You can't really compare it to the Taliban's destruction of Buddhist sculpture because nobody made this, or owned it or anything and it has no intrinsic value. Maybe you should all be pleased that your photo's of it have gained in rarity?

I see that man made things are important to you and natural formations less so. To some of us, those natural formations hold beauty that nothing man made ever can. We have collectively been robbed by these people of things of beauty that can inform and delight generations. In a moment they are destroyed.

I am all for significantly upping the penalties for such actions. Make them expensive enough in time and money that the lesson will last a lifetime.

I care, but I'm careful not to put much personal info on facebook for just this reason. I don't trust them at all, but I do want to keep up with friends all across the country. I especially will not put my best photos on there due to this type of thing. (Not that my best is very good. It's not. Still mine though.)

I have an old Pentax tough camera that I bought for a trip to Hawaii a number of years ago. Pictures are not that great, but I can take them underwater. I can take pictures while kayaking in the ocean where the camera is certain to get wet. I can throw it in my pocket and go places that a larger or less resistant camera wouldn't survive. Works just fine for me.

Would I use it for pictures that need great quality? No. Then, that's not what I bought it for. It works great for what I did buy it for. When this one wears out, I'll get another tough camera. Because sometimes the world is a tough place for a camera to be.

EarthSmiles: This is the holy grail for software companies: Keeping customers on the hook with monthly subscriptions...in perpetuity. Isn't that what Microsoft is doing with the latest version of Office? May both Adobe and Microsoft fail miserably with these ploys (think of the backlash Netflix experienced from their customers), and may some smart competitor step in to take advantage of the customer dissatisfaction.

LibreOffice. Cures the MS dependency. Works quite well.

As for Photoshop? That will take a bit more work. I do like Corel Painter, but it is a different kind of tool, and only partially fills the void.

It is interesting to me that the tone of this article basically says: Screw the user, we are doing this because it will work better for us. You guys will just have to like it.

Photoshop is an excellent product. There is no question of that. However, there are other products that will do most of what it does at less cost and without the superior attitude.

It will be interesting to see what happens over the course of the next couple of months. Often, when a change comes about, people react with outrage at first and gradually get used to it. This might happen with CC. Then, it might not. I sure won't pay for it.

Arrogance is often lethal in the software business. Adobe has experienced this before. How is flash on mobile working for you guys?